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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Media Digest (6/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 6:19 am

Congressional leaders will consider tax cuts as part of talks on an increased US debt cap.  (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C) said hackers gained access to data on bank cards. (Reuters) ...
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TI Comes Clean With Guidance, Harms Chip Rivals Too (TXN, NSM, NOK, INTC, BRCM, SMH)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 5:05 pm

Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) may be buying National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) and the tech demand may still be strong for chips.  Unfortunately, the company just warned investors that ...
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Shareholder Poll: Should Google Fund Low-Income Housing in Hawaii & Other Non-Profit Issues? (GOOG)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Sometimes press releases have the strangest things in them.  Many individuals complain about corporate welfare, but we are curious to know if shareholders actually care about when the companies they ...
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Commodity Watch: Top Miners Near $1 Trillion in Assets (BHP, VALE, RIO, SLW, POT, ABX, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers has released its annual review of the mining industry, claiming that "the financial results for the Top 40 [companies] were spectacular." That's pretty hard to argue ...
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Blank Check Company Files For IPO: MONGOLIA, Chasing Genghis Khan

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 2:00 pm

The recession pretty much killed blank check companies and special purpose acquisition companies (or SPACs).  After more than two years of an equity market recovery, we have started to see ...
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2011 Hurricane Season Looks Off To An Early Start

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 1:13 pm

It's the worst time of the year.  It is not enough that the hot summer has already brought 100-degree temperatures to many areas.  Worse yet, it is hurricane season and ...
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Opportunities & Risks In Clean Energy Funds (PBW, TSLA, SOLR, SQM, PPO, TAN, FSLR, MYBUF, TSL, SPWRA, GEX, CREE, ICLN, OEZVF, EOC, KWT, WFR)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Clean energy funds first sprung up in about 2005, with the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Fund (NYSE: PBW). Others have followed, but for the most part these funds have fairly ...
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Caterpillar Dividend Hike Challenges 2011 Guidance (CAT)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 12:24 pm

If you have been watching shares of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), you might be tricked into believing that the global growth story is done.  With shares down around $99.00 this ...
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Rumors We Would Like To Hear: American Apparel To Shutter 50 Stores

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 12:01 pm

American Apparel has too many stores. The company (AMEX: AAP) raised $14.9 million through a sale of shares on April 25 to save itself from what was a likely bankruptcy. ...
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Exxon’s Big Oil Discovery Is No Game-Changer… High Prices Continue (XOM, BP, PBR, RDS-A, REPYF, HES)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 10:55 am

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has announced two oil discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent. The finds are the company's ...
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The Serious Return of Stock Splits (CLH, OKS, OKE, ALXN, CERN, PLCM, CWT, OII, CSX, SIX, IIVI, FLO, CHD, PEIXD, C, AAPL, GOOG, NFLX)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 10:36 am

Stock splits usually bring back memories of the old tech bubble and dot-com bubble.  Fundamentally, nothing changes at the company other than that smaller investors get to invest in ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (6/8/2011) Greek Debt, OPEC Demands

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 8:59 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CIEN, ERIC, JDSU)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), LM Ericsson Telephone Company (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/8/2011) Borders Buyout, Google Traffic

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 8:51 am

Updated throughout the day. Najafi may make an offer for the assets of Borders. (WSJ) UBS may relocate its US trading operations from Stamford CT to NYC (NYT) Google (NASDAQ: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, ARBA, COG, CSL, CBOE, CLX, DNDN, EBAY, GPS, HIT, KCG, LBTYA, MRVL, MSFT, ONXX, PRU, QNST, SPWRA, VZ)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 8:30 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Neutral at ...
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